Code In Al-Quran: Inggit Sannasih Selundupkan News To Bung Karno In Sukamiskin Prison

Inggit Garnasih (intermediate sit) with Bung Karno (right front) and their colleagues in Bengkulu in 1940. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - Soekarno's spirit to liberate the bumiputras is second to none. He echoed the narrative of Indonesian independence everywhere. The Dutch were overwhelmed. The colonizers then chose instant options - imprisoning Bung Karno. From Banceuy Prison to Sukamiskin.

In fact, the spirit of Big Brother was not extinguished. He continued to learn and move from prison. All thanks to the contribution of his wife, Inggit Garnasih. Inggit smuggled all kinds of information from the outside world through Al Quran to her husband in Sukamiskin Prison.

Racism and oppression can be seen throughout the history of Dutch colonialism in the archipelago. They made the native people who incidentally host like servants. The bumiputras were only used as tools for the colonial government to gain profits. Meanwhile, the fate of the bumiputras was ignored.

This fact made the conscience of freedom fighters open. Soekarno, moreover. His determination to fight Dutch colonialism has heated up from he is still a student of Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng (now: Bandung Institute of Technology) until graduating as an engineer.

Saban Hari Soekarno stirred up the spirit of anticolonism and imperialism from place to place. The practice of life became even more so when he and his friends founded the Indonesian National Party (PNI) in 1927.

He did not hesitate to appear on the podium and expose the Dutch barbarity in public. Even though he knew that the Dutch had infiltrated their people. The Dutch were furious. Soekarno's political activities were restricted.

However, Bung Karno's name is not if he loses his mind. His political activities continued to last. The Dutch also perpetuated the option of despair. They arrested Soekarno in the hope that his political steps would end in 1930. He was also thrown into Banceuy Prison, then Sukamiskin Prison.

However, Soekarno's favorite character from the world of puppets is Bima. The pseudonym he often uses in his writings. Bima is an anomaly among the PandawaIANS with smooth words. With his heavy bariton voice, Bima always uses harsh language. Javanese ngoko, even when talking to the gods. a sign of insensitivity, but also courage, rebellion on feodalism, and an invitation to egalitarianism.

On stage, Bima (Soekarno) made the Dutch East Indies government hot with its legislation, with its Indonesian screams, and with the song Indonesia Raya which was played starting the grand meetings. Sukarno was arrested in 1930. However, his trial became another stage that was no less dramatic. He appeared with a brilliant defense speech, Indonesia sues, which he reads for two consecutive days, written in a Tempo Magazine report entitled Soekarno: A Bima, A Hamlet (2001).

Bung Karno admitted that he lived in prison after that. Especially when he was transferred to Sukamiskin Prison. He was not allowed to unite with other bumiputras. Instead, he was placed with the Dutch who had high-level crime cases.

He was monitored continuously so as not to perpetuate the political agenda in prison. The Dutch wanted Bung Karno to be deterred from imprisonment. However, the opposite happened. Soekarno often looks for ways to be able to connect and know the development of the outside world.

The role of his wife, Inggit Garnasih is behind it. Inggit, who at that time was the backbone of the family, became the only focus of Bung Karno's hope. She works often so that she can support her husband's agenda to liberate her people.

Ulam's beloved Pucuk arrived. Inggit gets twice a week to visit her husband in Sukamiskin Prison. Inggit often agrees with all kinds of requests from Soekarno. Moreover, Inggit never ran out of hope to smooth Bung Karno's wishes. From the delivery of books to money.

Moreover, Inggit is also implausible in sending information on political circumstances from the outside world. He used the Al Quran he sent to smuggle information from the outside world to Soekarno. The braille letters code has made Inggit on the Al Quran page sheet.

The study was successful. No one is suspicious of the Al-Quran that Inggit brought. Inggit's efforts made Bung Karno able to access information on political developments in the Dutch East Indies (now: Indonesia). In addition, the Al-Quran that was sent to him became Soekarno's trigger to deepen his knowledge regarding Islam.

My sister is given the allowance to visit only twice a week and my letters are always researched. So, the most information channels for me are religious books that are allowed to be brought from outside. I outsmart a way by using needles. Inggit's share of Inggit Quran on April 24th.

I have to open Surah four pages 24 and with my fingertip I feel carefully. Under certain letters there are spots used as needles. The method is like a braille letter. The letter A feels tiny spots. Putting down the letter N is a speck again and so on. That way I can find out the contents of the news in the following days, "explained Bung Karno as written by Cindy Adams in the book Bung Karno: Connecting the Indonesian People's Lidah (2016).